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Improving Care for Older Adults
Improving the health, well-being, independence, and care of older adults.
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Research Updates
Medicare Advantage ‘Working’ for Seniors, but Not for Taxpayers, Experts Say
Penn LDI Panel Cites Costs for Enrollees Alongside Billions in Overpayments and Systemic Gaming
Staffing Mandates Boost Care Without Closing Nursing Homes
New Evidence Undercuts Industry Warnings and Supports the Case To Restore Federal Minimum Staffing Standards
The Long-Term Care Experiment Everyone is Watching
Washington State’s First-in-the-Nation Insurance Plan Begins Payouts in Mid-2026, and Researchers Will Weigh its Effect on Care, Costs, and the Long-Term Care Markets
Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports Data
Issue Brief: Understanding Gaps and Opportunities to Advance Research and Policy
Lessons from Landmark Drug Revolutions for the Future of Alzheimer’s Treatment
An LDI Fellow Draws on Historic, Paradigm-Shifting Treatments in Depression and Obesity to Consider What Meaningful Breakthroughs in Dementia Care Could Look Like
Toward a More Humane and Economically Viable Long-Term Care System
A Penn LDI Virtual Panel Looks Ahead at New Possibilities
Reforming Long-Term Care Policy
Lessons from the Past, Imperatives for the Future
The Moral Quandary of Tech-Enabled Caregiving
Technology Helps Older Adults Stay at Home—But May Delay Necessary Transitions to Higher Levels of Care
Our Experts
Meet LDI Fellows whose expertise relates to improving care for older adults.
Katherine Courtright, MD, MSHP
- Assistant Professor, Medicine , Perelman School of Medicine
Jasmine Harris, JD
- Professor , Carey Law School
- Professor , Graduate School of Education
Jieun Lim, MSN, RN
- PhD Student, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health , Penn Nursing
Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN
- Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor of Nursing , Penn Nursing
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Science , Penn Nursing
Karen Hirschman, PhD, MSW
- Research Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Susan K. Keim, PhD, MSN, MS, CRNP
- Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health Sciences , Penn Nursing
Kathryn Bowles, PhD, RN
- Professor, Biobehavioral Health Science , Penn Nursing
- van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence , Penn Nursing
Pamela Cacchione, PhD, CRNP
- Professor, Family and Community Health , Penn Nursing
- Secondary Faculty in the Grasp Lab , School of Engineering and Applied Science
Improving Care for Older Adults Working Group
This working group brings people together to address questions relating to access, quality, and financing of care particularly relevant to an aging society and to disseminate related research. Care includes acute care, post-acute care, home care, caregiving, long-term services and supports, nursing homes, assisted living and other residential care options, hospice, and care received at the end of life.